Garrett Morris
Acting
1937-02-01 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Garrett Gonzalez Morris (born February 1, 1937) is an Americancomedian and actor. He was part of the original cast of the sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, appearing from 1975 to 1980. Morris was a church-choir singer from his youth, trained at the Juilliard School of Music, and graduated from Dillard University in 1958. Early in his career, he soloed with the Harry Belafonte singers. He performed in a number of Broadwaymusicals, including Hallelujah, Baby! and Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death. He also appeared as a high school teacher in the 1975 film Cooley High. He had a small role as a police sergeant in The Anderson Tapes (1970). Morris also lived in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he worked as a postal carrier.
Filmography
I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not
2025 · Movie
Downey Wrote That
2025 · Movie
Something Has Changed: A Quixotic Journey through the Spanish Blues
2025 · Movie
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
2025 · Movie
An SNL Thanksgiving
2024 · Movie
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024 · Movie
Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution
2022 · Series
How I Met Your Father
2022 · Series
Grand Crew
2021 · Series
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
2020 · Series
A Black Lady Sketch Show
2019 · Series
Family Reunion
2019 · Series
Grand-Daddy Day Care
2019 · Movie
The Neighborhood
2018 · Series
Station 19
2018 · Series
Rhett & Link's Buddy System
2016 · Series
MacGyver
2016 · Series
This Is Us
2016 · Series
Ant-Man
2015 · Movie
Celebrity Family Feud
2015 · Series
Metropolis
2015 · Series
Scandal
2012 · Series
Pawn Shop
2012 · Movie
Let Go
2011 · Movie
2 Broke Girls
2011 · Series
Shameless
2011 · Series
Valley of the Sun
2011 · Movie
Pickin' and Grinnin'
2010 · Movie
Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy
2009 · Movie
Dog Gone
2008 · Movie
The Longshots
2008 · Movie
Who's Your Caddy?
2007 · Movie
Psych
2006 · Series
Midnight Blue, Vol. 3: Celebrities Edition
2006 · Movie
Noah's Arc
2005 · Series
Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005 · Movie
Connecting Dots
2003 · Movie
Maniac Magee
2003 · Movie
Super Spy: The Final Exit
2003 · Movie
Justice League
2001 · Series
According to Jim
2001 · Series
Jackpot
2001 · Movie
Static Shock
2000 · Series
Little Richard
2000 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: Christmas
1999 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary Special
1999 · Movie
Twin Falls Idaho
1999 · Movie
Palmer's Pick-Up
1999 · Movie
Family Guy
1999 · Series
The Hughleys
1998 · Series
Black Scorpion II: Aftershock
1997 · Movie
Santa with Muscles
1996 · Movie
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996 · Series
Boston Common
1996 · Series
Black Rose of Harlem
1996 · Movie
Cleghorne!
1995 · Series
Black Scorpion
1995 · Movie
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
1995 · Series
Space Ghost Coast to Coast
1994 · Series
Silent Fury
1994 · Movie
Almost Blue
1993 · Movie
Coneheads
1993 · Movie
Severed Ties
1992 · Movie
Martin
1992 · Series
Maid for Each Other
1992 · Movie
Motorama
1991 · Movie
Children of the Night
1991 · Movie
Earth Angel
1991 · Movie
Saturday Night Live: 15th Anniversary
1989 · Movie
The Underachievers
1988 · Movie
It's Howdy Doody Time: A 40-Year Celebration
1987 · Movie
Married... with Children
1987 · Series
Critical Condition
1987 · Movie
The Pound Puppies
1985 · Movie
The Twilight Zone
1985 · Series
The Best of John Belushi
1985 · Movie
The Stuff
1985 · Movie
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
It's Your Move
1984 · Series
Hunter
1984 · Series
The Census Taker
1984 · Movie
The Invisible Woman
1983 · Movie
E.T. and Friends: Magical Movie Visitors
1982 · Movie
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Series
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
1980 · Movie
Easter Fever
1980 · Movie
The Things We Did Last Summer
1978 · Movie
Car Wash
1976 · Movie
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
Cooley High
1975 · Movie
The Anderson Tapes
1971 · Movie
Where’s Poppa?
1970 · Movie
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Series
Tony Awards
1956 · Series